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Introduction:

Old Road Bay is located on the north shore of the Patapsco near its mouth. Although not necessarily a destination location, Old Bay has a couple of excellent marinas and some prime anchorage room for those willing to make the trek up Old Road Bay. This is a particularly good location to lay over for the evening if you end up making a late arrival into Baltimore and do not want to transit the rest of the river up to Baltimore in the dark.

Navigating the Water:

Use NOAA Chart 12278.

Old Road Bay lies before Jones Creek and can be a bit tricky to navigate, due to the randomly occurring shoals in the area. From the Patapsco, pick up the Penwood Channel (replete with lit range) at flashing red buoy 6, and then to red nun 12 at the turning basin for ships unloading at Sparrows Point.